Charting the Sea of Darkness: The Four Voyages of Henry Hudson

Johnson, Donald S.

ISBN 10: 0877423210 / ISBN 13: 9780877423218

Edité par Intl Marine Pub Co, Camden, Me, 1992

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cloth, dust jacket, xiii, 242 pages : illustrations, maps, "Henry Hudson's life as we know it is compressed into the four years from 1607 to 1610, when he made four momentous voyages in search of the passage to Asia, journeys that greatly expanded geographical knowledge of the world. And while his beginnings will remain a mystery, we can be quite certain he died shortly after being set adrift in a small boat by a mutinous crew in the frigid waters of the bay that bears his name."-- CONTENTS: Ch. 1. Charting the Sea of Darkness,Ch. 2. Toward the North Pole: 1607,Ch. 3. North of Russia and Siberia: 1608,Ch. 4. To the Great River of the Mountains: 1609,Ch. 5. The Great Bay of Ice: 1610 Appendix 1. The Half Moon,Appendix 2. North Atlantic Currents Appendix 3. Sixteenth Century Distances and.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Charting the Sea of Darkness: The Four Voyages of Henry Hudson
• Éditeur: Intl Marine Pub Co, Camden, Me
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0877423210
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780877423218
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Travel
  • History

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Synopsis

En utilisant ses bûches originales, met en évidence l'Anglais rarement discuté qui, sous le drapeau néerlandais, a exploré la baie du Delaware, la rivière Hudson et la baie d'Hudson près du cercle arctique, où en 1610 son équipage le mutina et le laissa pour mort.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the early 1600's, the race was on to discover a sea route to the riches of Cathay and the East Indies via the North-East and North-West Passages. Englishman Henry Hudson navigated much of this uncharted world, in which piracy was rampant and every ship seen was fair game. Hudson was one of the most enigmatic figures of the Age of Discovery and remains so today, even though his quest led him to explore Chesapeake Bay, Manhattan Island, the Hudson River and Hudson's Bay, near the Arctic Circle. It was here, in 1610, that he was marooned by a mutinous crew and so passed from history, leaving his name on two great bodies of water. This fascinating book helps readers understand Henry Hudson's life and times, the state of geographic knowledge in his day, and why whole societies were mesmerised by the heroic voyages of people like him. Using primary sources like Hudson's original logs, it sheds new light on the great explorer and his influence on history.